It's Friday of week 3 and this week was challenging.
I struggled a bit with Tuesday's workout. For the first time I took off without a quick yogurt or oatmeal and I also knew I had to get back home and showered quickly if I wanted to drop Levi off for his last day of school and then on to the airport. I didn't bonk but I definitely didn't feel like I was really all in and struggled a bit.
Being back on the road for work was great but challenging when you are trying to eat well. I threw in a few protein bars and asked for my steak grilled dry and substituted the potato for broccoli at dinner (thank goodness my friends are also habitually healthy eaters and did the same without ridiculing me). The wine was definitely off plan though! Coming back through the Phoenix airport was the worst as fast food reigned without even a turkey sandwich in sight. I am going to have to come up with packing strategies for my food. I have a conference in Colorado, another day trip to Phoenix and a week in Orlando coming up in the next month and need a plan to avoid food courts and banquet meals. Just think about all the sparkling water I'll be drinking during the social events, it makes me feel healthy just thinking about it!
Thursday's workout was also difficult. The weights were so heavy that I had trouble keeping good form and I think my shoulders are more tender today than my legs after an hour of squats. There must be a compromise here, we'll see if Christina agrees.
The tweak that I knew was coming but thought would be another week out... we are upping the cardio and getting stricter with the diet. The goal... a total of 5000 calories burned a week. I don't know where I am today but even with the daily workouts and dramatically improved diet I bet I have a lot of work to do to get calories down and exercise up to reach the goal. With this goal we are cutting out carbs after noon.Makes the afternoon snacks a bit more challenging. More list making in my future as I adapt to these new changes.
I think I'll take a quick run despite the fact that I already did spinning this morning, 5000 is a really big number! We are headed to the neighbors for our usual Friday night happy hour and what better way to end a run than in the pool.
I struggled a bit with Tuesday's workout. For the first time I took off without a quick yogurt or oatmeal and I also knew I had to get back home and showered quickly if I wanted to drop Levi off for his last day of school and then on to the airport. I didn't bonk but I definitely didn't feel like I was really all in and struggled a bit.
Being back on the road for work was great but challenging when you are trying to eat well. I threw in a few protein bars and asked for my steak grilled dry and substituted the potato for broccoli at dinner (thank goodness my friends are also habitually healthy eaters and did the same without ridiculing me). The wine was definitely off plan though! Coming back through the Phoenix airport was the worst as fast food reigned without even a turkey sandwich in sight. I am going to have to come up with packing strategies for my food. I have a conference in Colorado, another day trip to Phoenix and a week in Orlando coming up in the next month and need a plan to avoid food courts and banquet meals. Just think about all the sparkling water I'll be drinking during the social events, it makes me feel healthy just thinking about it!
Thursday's workout was also difficult. The weights were so heavy that I had trouble keeping good form and I think my shoulders are more tender today than my legs after an hour of squats. There must be a compromise here, we'll see if Christina agrees.
The tweak that I knew was coming but thought would be another week out... we are upping the cardio and getting stricter with the diet. The goal... a total of 5000 calories burned a week. I don't know where I am today but even with the daily workouts and dramatically improved diet I bet I have a lot of work to do to get calories down and exercise up to reach the goal. With this goal we are cutting out carbs after noon.Makes the afternoon snacks a bit more challenging. More list making in my future as I adapt to these new changes.
I think I'll take a quick run despite the fact that I already did spinning this morning, 5000 is a really big number! We are headed to the neighbors for our usual Friday night happy hour and what better way to end a run than in the pool.
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